| abstract |
Pharmaceutical composition of certain dihydropyridine compounds and salts thereof are provided which exhibit both Ca2+-antagonistic and adrenergic beta-receptor blocking activities and therefore are useful for the treatment of ischemic heart diseases and hypertension. The pharmaceutical compositions contains either 4-(2-hydroxy-3-phenoxy-propylamino)-butyl methyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(m-nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate or 6-(2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropylamino) hexyl methyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(m-nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. |